THE OPIOID CRISIS: THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS
After graduate school in the early 1980s, I was hired as clinical coordinator of an outpatient methadone and counseling program at Cambridge Hospital, affiliated with Harvard University. Frankly [...]
ServiceNet offers guidelines to help prevent suicide
NORTHAMPTON – The statistics about suicide are daunting: there is one death by suicide in the US every 13 minutes; suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds; […]
PREP©West: Creating therapeutic community together
Imagine sitting in a therapeutic circle that includes friends, family, mentors, counselors, prescribers and the voices that are speaking from within. All have a say in shaping the way forward [...]
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE FOR A CHILD WITH AUTISM
AS MY SON’S LIMITATIONS BECAME CLEARER, I FOUND IT HARDER EVERY YEAR TO WRITE A VISION STATEMENT FOR HIS I.E.P. THEN HE SHOWED US HOW How do you write […]
After living with a hoarding disorder, Easthampton man helps others cope
Clutter throws Bec Belofsky Shuer of Easthampton into a panic. She says the sight of the hundreds of boxes filled with stuff, from old toys to empty picture frames, furniture — […]
